[USMA:51820] Re: NBC Olympic Track & Field Coverage (Archery)

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At the archery competitition today, I was delighted to note that in the 
bottom right corner of the screen, the speed of the arrows was given in 
"m/s" (only), ranging from about 2 to 5.  I didn't hear the commentator 
mention the speed.

On a subsequent news promo for the Mars probe landing coming in a few 
days, naturally Fox/CNN were giving distances in miles (only).  As an 
amateur astronomer from way back, I am particularly troubled that no 
effort is given by the media to use metric units for this now all-metric 
science.